To transfer TREATS points into Malaysia Airlines Enrich, you first have to add your frequent flyer account to your TREATS profile by means of a manual form. Send it to [email protected]and within a few days, you’ll be able to perform points transfers online. There is a S$26.75 fee per transfer, which is waived for Maybank Visa Infinite and Maybank World Mastercard cardmembers.

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Although more transfer partners are normally a welcome thing, this is one program you’ll want to stay far away from. Here’s why.

The earn rate is terrible

TREATS points can be transferred to Malaysia Airlines Enrich at a rate of 3,500 TREATS Points to 1,000 Enrich Miles. Do note that this is worse than transferring to Asia Miles (5,000 TREATS: 2,000 miles) or KrisFlyer (12,500 TREATS: 5,000 miles). In other words:

Enrich

Asia Miles

KrisFlyer

1 TREATS Point

0.286 miles

0.4 miles

0.4 miles

What this means is that “4 mpd cards” aren’t “4 mpd” cards if plan to transfer your TREATS to Enrich:

Redemptions through Enrich are poor value

Here’s a sample one-way Business Saver redemption through Enrich- the same route would cost 92,000 miles for a Singapore Airlines Business Saver award (both programs do not impose fuel surcharges on their own metal).

Redeeming Enrich miles for travel on partner airlines (oneworld and others) does not yield good value either. The distance-based award chart prices one-way flights at more than 50% the cost of a return flight:

If you’re combining travel on Malaysia Airlines with oneworld partner airlines, it gets even more expensive.

Although there are no such restrictions for Etihad awards, the redemption rates charged by Enrich are just flat out uncompetitive. For example, Abu Dhabi to Sydney would cost about 136K miles through Etihad Guest. Through Enrich, you’ll need 172K miles.

Etihad First Class

Add the fact that fuel surcharges will be the same across programs, and there’s really no compelling reason to use Enrich.

Conclusion

When you choose to transfer TREATS points to Enrich, you lose out twice: once on the earn side, and again on the burn side. The earn rate is lower thanks to the inferior transfer ratio; the burn rate is terrible thanks to Enrich’s dynamic pricing for MH awards and poor value partner chart.

With this double whammy, it’s best you save your TREATS points for Asia Miles or KrisFlyer transfers instead.

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